All the Fraudulent Horse Girls
by Michael Louis Kennedy
All The Fraudulent Horse Girls is a feral queer UK-Australian co-production, an equine fantasia, a saga of loser on loser violence that follows 11 year old Horse Girl Audrey from Sydney who is telepathically linked to all the other horse girls in the world. It's a one-act absurdist comedy by Australian playwright Michael Louis Kennedy with surrealist monologues, contemporary dance, drag, and an original score performed live onstage. The inaugural production of Brooklyn Rep, Horse Girls ran at The Glory in London in October, 2022, January 2023, October 2023, and at The Pleasance in March 2023 as a finalist for the Charlie Hartill Theatre Reserve.
Featuring
Cazeleōn
Beth Graham
Alice Morgan-Richards
Georgia Stoller
Rachel Blaquière
and special guests
Written by Michael Louis Kennedy
Directed by Charles Quittner
Design/Stage Management: Lili Fuller
Movement by Matthew Bovee
Lighting by Tias Volker
Score/Music Direction by Rachel Blaquière
Press
"Melodramatic Madness!.. It takes a lot of intelligence to orchestrate a show this silly and director Charles Quittner has done a superb job with Michael Louis Kennedy’s script. All the Fraudulent Horse Girls is one of the most entertaining, least conventional productions you will see in a while."
-Andrew Houghton, The Reviews Hub
"an absurd and affectionate pastiche about queerness and girlhood, encompasses all the best qualities of The Glory’s eclectic programming... Director Charles Quittner makes ingenious use of The Glory’s quirky space and the cast are emboldened under his direction – it doesn’t feel for a moment that any actor is hemmed in by the intimate stage space…a tender communal experience, a nostalgic piece that balances humour and poignancy, earnestness and wild, joyful silliness."
-Livvy Perrett, West End Best Friend
"Monologue and movement is mixed with music, mayhem, and metamorphosis… A marvelously disconcerting vibe of randomness. Cazeleōn thrills as Audrey…Alice Morgan Richards nails the hilarious intensity…"
-There Ought to be Clowns
“It’s funny, it’s fuzz… My biggest compliment about Quittner would have to be their ability to force audience participation like a knife of enthusiasm through butter…I’ve never seen The Glory this atmospheric before.”
-Funland
“From the moment you walk into the basement of The Glory, you are plunged into the world of horse girls. All the Fraudulent Horse Girls is an absurd, awkward yet delightful show that will bring joy to everyone in the audience, regardless of their horse girl status.”
-Kat Mokrynski, Broadwayworld
“There are so many fun parts to this show, I pretty much laughed out loud from the moment Cazeleon entered the performance space right until the end of the epilogue… This show is great fun and if it comes by your way, grab a strawberry kiss, some horse merch and your copy of Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses and canter on down to the venue – you will not be disappointed.”
-Faye Stockley, Londontheatre1
Offie Award Commendation for Excellence in Short Run Theatre.
Offie Award Nomination for Best Leading Performance in a Play for Cazeleōn
